• K.DHIVYA

The research paper focuses on cleansing the eyes of Eco-Literature. Eco-Literature is usually viewed from a narrow perspective which deals with the climatic change, global warming etc; yet there are many aspects of the ecosystem like animals, plants which can be dealt in Eco-Literature. This paper aims at providing a distinct point of view concerning the present crucial state of the animals especially the giant tuskers who are the unknown engineers of the ecosystem. Literature as far as it is concerned with the stories, biographies and autobiographies which are ultimately related to one’s experiences, one can find the presence of animals in fables and tales told to the children. So animals have the significance in human lives and they are the co-workers in the process of maintaining the ecosystem. This paper is a tool to highlight the importance of elephants in balancing the ecosystem with the supporting details of the books by Tarquin Hall, Ralph Helfer. It portrays the lives of elephants and serves as best examples to explain the condition of elephants in the present human dominated society. Elephants play a vital role in maintaining the biodiversity of ecosystems.

Biodiversity Deforestation Conflict Ecosystem Elephants

"ELEPHANTS AS ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS AND THEIR PORTRAYAL IN LITERATURE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.738-741, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06158.pdf

"ELEPHANTS AS ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERS AND THEIR PORTRAYAL IN LITERATURE ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp738-741, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06158.pdf